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          Date of Hearing:   August 17, 2011

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                Felipe Fuentes, Chair

           SB 942 (Committee on Education) - As Amended:  August 15, 2011 

          Policy Committee:                             Education 
          Vote:10-0

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program: 
          No     Reimbursable:              No

           SUMMARY  

          This bill is one of two annual education omnibus bills to codify 
          existing practice, correct technical errors in statute, update 
          cross references and delete obsolete references related to 
          education issues that do not involve teacher credentialing.  
          Specifically, this bill: 

          1)Replaces the term "mental retardation" with "intellectual 
            disabilities" in several sections of code to conform to 
            amendments to the federal Individual with Disabilities 
            Education Act.  

          2)Eliminates or replaces references, where appropriate, to the 
            Secretary for Education in several sections of code.  Governor 
            Brown eliminated the Office of the Secretary for Education in 
            the 2010 Budget Act.   
           
           FISCAL EFFECT  

          No fiscal impact to implement this measure.  

           COMMENTS  

           Purpose  .  This bill, sponsored by the State Department of 
          Education (SDE), is the annual education omnibus bill to correct 
          errors, resolve conflicts, delete obsolete references, and make 
          other non-controversial changes. By tradition, objection to a 
          provision from the SDE, Department of Finance, or any of the 
          four legislative caucuses prevents that provision from being 
          included in the bill. The provisions contained in this bill meet 
          the requirements set forth for an omnibus bill.








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           Analysis Prepared by  :    Kimberly Rodriguez / APPR. / (916) 
          319-2081